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Posers and Puzzles
2014.05.01
Joined 11 Apr '07 Moves 92274 Originally posted by David113
Is a computer able to solve this problem? Probleemblad indicated that this one was not computer-tested. So, probably not.
Edit: Why do you ask? Got one working on it? 😉
Originally posted by SwissGambit
Probleemblad indicated that this one was not computer-tested. So, probably not.
Edit: Why do you ask? Got one working on it? 😉No...
2014.05.01
Joined 11 Apr '07 Moves 92274 Anyone still solving working on solving this?
If not, I'm going to talk about the method I used to solve it. You've always heard that you should start by counting moves when you solve a PG. I found that that principle still works, even in a PG like this one with lots of captures. The catch is that you have to count in a radically different manner.
In Christ
Joined 30 Apr '07 Moves 172 Don't answer this puzzle , just tell me this: Does the following puzzle have a solution?:
This position, with a black queen somewhere on the a-file, arose after Black's twentieth move. Where is the black queen?
Black
White
Joined 27 Apr '08 Moves 473 Originally posted by Jirakon
[b]Don't answer this puzzle [/b]I could easily, but ah well. 😉
2014.05.01
Joined 11 Apr '07 Moves 92274 Originally posted by curseknight
I could easily, but ah well. 😉 [call_bluff]Send me a PM with the solution.[/call_bluff]
2014.05.01
Joined 11 Apr '07 Moves 92274 Originally posted by Jirakon
[b]Don't answer this puzzle , just tell me this: Does the following puzzle have a solution?:
This position, with a black queen somewhere on the a-file, arose after Black's twentieth move. Where is the black queen?
Black
[fen]1n2k1nr/1ppb1pp1/4p2r/3p4/3b4/8/1PPPPPPP/R2K4[/fen]
White[/b]With my method, you'd know the answer to that question. 😉
Joined 25 Apr '06 Moves 5939 Originally posted by SwissGambit
[bluff_call]Send me a PM with the solution.[/bluff_call] Black's last move was Q(x)a1+.
2014.05.01
Joined 11 Apr '07 Moves 92274 Originally posted by heinzkat
Black's last move was Q(x)a1+. Going out on a limb, are we? 😀
Joined 25 Apr '06 Moves 5939 Could've been 21. ... a1=Q+ too. Hmm...
Originally posted by heinzkat
Could've been 21. ... a1=Q+ too. Hmm... Yoe mean 21. ... a1=Q# 😛
2014.05.01
Joined 11 Apr '07 Moves 92274 Wow, what an eruption of snarky humor in this thread.
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I'm so proud. 😀
In Christ
Joined 30 Apr '07 Moves 172 Well, I've narrowed down White's first move to six possibilities...
In Christ
Joined 30 Apr '07 Moves 172 Closer than my 22.0, I got here in 21.0:
Black
White
In Christ
Joined 30 Apr '07 Moves 172
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